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Patent No.:

US 11631794 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2023

Filed:

Apr. 28, 2017

Thermoelectric material, thermoelectric device, powder for thermoelectric material, and method for producing thermoelectric material

Applicant:

Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;

Inventors:

Takeo Akatsuka, Hyogo, JP;

Hironobu Ono, Hyogo, JP;

Shinya Maenosono, Ishikawa, JP;

Mikio Koyano, Ishikawa, JP;

Assignee:

NIPPON SHOKUBAI CO., LTD., Osaka, JP;

Attorney:

Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, P.C.

Primary Examiner:

Matthew E Hoban

Assistant Examiner:

Lynne Edmondson

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C22C 1/04 (2023.01); C22C 9/02 (2006.01); B22F 9/24 (2006.01); H01L 35/16 (2006.01); C01G 19/00 (2006.01); B22F 3/105 (2006.01); C04B 35/547 (2006.01); H01L 35/34 (2006.01); B22F 9/30 (2006.01); B22F 1/054 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 35/16 (2013.01); B22F 1/054 (2022.01); B22F 3/105 (2013.01); B22F 9/24 (2013.01); B22F 9/30 (2013.01); C01G 19/006 (2013.01); C04B 35/547 (2013.01); C22C 1/0425 (2013.01); C22C 1/0483 (2013.01); C22C 9/02 (2013.01); H01L 35/34 (2013.01); B22F 2201/10 (2013.01); B22F 2301/10 (2013.01); B22F 2301/30 (2013.01); B22F 2302/45 (2013.01); B22F 2304/054 (2013.01); C01P 2002/72 (2013.01); C01P 2004/04 (2013.01); C01P 2004/51 (2013.01); C01P 2004/64 (2013.01); C01P 2006/32 (2013.01);
Abstract

A thermoelectric material of the present invention includes copper, tin, and sulfur, wherein a ratio A/B of the number A of copper atoms to the number B of tin atoms is 0.5 to 2.5 and a content of a metal element other than copper and tin is 5 mol % or less with respect to total metal elements. Additionally, the thermoelectric material of the present invention has a thermal conductivity less than 1.0 W/(m·K) at 200 to 400° C.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Akatsuka, Takeo. (2023). Thermoelectric material, thermoelectric device, powder for thermoelectric material, and method for producing thermoelectric material (U.S. Patent No. 11631794). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/11631794

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